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  • September 12, 2007 |

    The North: Leeds by example

    In 2000, Professor Alan Paterson of Strathclyde University described Leeds as "the largest legal market outside London".

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 12/9/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Osborne Clarke, Wragges and Norton Rose among the movers and shakers

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Mishcons signs up Pinsents partner duo

    Mishcon de Reya has recruited a two-partner team from Pinsent Masons to enhance its intellectual property (IP) practice.

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    Mills & Reeve hires DLA Piper's Jones to boost Birmingham property team

    Mills & Reeve has snared DLA Piper partner Alex Jones to head up its real estate practice in Birmingham, Legal Week can report.

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  • August 22, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 22/8/07

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of readers' comments; and recent updates on the Legal Week Wiki include Pinsent Masons and Shoosmiths

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  • August 21, 2007 | International Edition

    Scots giant on track with £1bn railways role

    Dundas & Wilson has won an eye-catching appointment from Transport Scotland as the main legal adviser on a railway investment programme worth more than £1bn. The appointment represents Dundas' first instruction from the body since being reappointed to the legal panel of the Scottish Executive earlier this year, although the big four Scots firm has advised Transport Scotland in the past.

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  • August 21, 2007 |

    Scots giant on track with £1bn railways role

    Dundas & Wilson has won an eye-catching appointment from Transport Scotland as the main legal adviser on a railway investment programme worth more than £1bn. The appointment represents Dundas' first instruction from the body since being reappointed to the legal panel of the Scottish Executive earlier this year, although the big four Scots firm has advised Transport Scotland in the past.

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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Pinsents and US ally pull plug on projects JV

    Pinsent Masons has pulled the plug on its joint venture (JV) with US ally Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steinwer because of its running costs. The operation, which focused on construction work, was set up by legacy firm Masons in 2003 under the banner Masons Thelen Reid (MTR).

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Scotland: Home and away

    From London to Aberdeen, Scotland's law firms are branching out and the English are moving in. But is the success of some Scots firms' London operations a cause for concern among those rooted to Edinburgh and Glasgow - or does London success come at a price? Ed Thornton reports

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Transylvanian families

    What are trainees for? Okay, so The Diary can think of a thousand unprintable answers City partners might offer to that question, but at Addleshaw Goddard the answer is... bricklaying.

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